Hi,
Been a long time lurker reading all your great insight whilst contemplating buying a Bentley for weekends.

Currently for the weekends I have a F10 BMW M5 but was looking for something that makes you feel more special driving whaffting along rather than lots of noise.

I have been browsing listings and have spotted a 2007 (57) GT Speed with full Bentley history.
It has Ceramic discs and know that if need replacing it will cost an arm and a leg and a kidney.
Question I have is that are they able to be replaced with standard discs apposed to ceramic?

Many thanks

 

Why do you think they need to be replaced?

If they do, it is very crazy-expensive.

As always around here, Johnny is your go-to guy. Here's a thread all about this from five years ago.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...-rotors-2.html

 

And as I can recall, the rotors can not just be swapped out for steal units, it has to do with calipers, ABS module, etc. being changed also.

Johnny

 

I think the hub carrier Id different as well as the callipers.
Its the same with all CCB ...Ferrari with the 430 that had the option , and some Porsche’s .

A good analogy with a aged second hand carbon braked car is a revolver with 1 bullet .....buts it’s spun every 1000 miles .......it’s ( or they the CC rotors ) ....will get you .

Depends on your attitude to gambling ....linked to your desire to toss $ 1000 ,s @ the car , it’s not that there’s enough trap doors to drop through as it is anyhow !!
Or there’s a inherent issue the steel disks / rotors ......in everyday traffic ? They are after all the worlds biggest Steel rotors @ the front and have incredible stopping power ....the stock steel .

With the CC rotors remove them @service and weigh them .Once below X grams .....that’s it .
This is over and above them cracking before they drop below X grams .

 

Thank you all for the info.

I agree all the high end cars will be expensive to fix and maintain but just wanted the full facts about the brakes as the car I was considering viewing had them on.

 

I have the regular steel brakes, they're really quite something, no need for ceramic, at least in my opinion. The car is heavy, but other than heat dissipation, I don't know what the advantage would be, especially at nine grand a wheel. If you were on the track, cool, they'll take the abuse, but who's running an enormously heavy super-luxury car on the track?

The other side is, they really don't wear out like steel brakes, so perhaps they last the lifetime of the car? Then it wouldn't matter what kind of brakes. The problem I see is with what Johnny said; if the only way to know they need to be replaced is to take them off and weigh them, that sounds like you're not going to have a clue whether they're good or bad. You're certainly not going to be taking rotors off in a pre-purchase inspection.